Presented by Valley Youth Theatre
Center Stage
August 9, 2019 – August 25, 2019
Matilda is the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
Read MoreCelebrating 30 Years of Performing Arts
Presented by Valley Youth Theatre
Center Stage
August 9, 2019 – August 25, 2019
Matilda is the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
Read MorePresented by OCB/Petro's Pro Performance LLC
Stage West
August 18, 2019
One of the OCB’s natural amateur shows in Arizona! A fun and professional event that will give any competitor the opportunity to become an OCB Pro!
Read MoreProduced by iTheatre Collaborative
Kax Stage
September 6, 2019 – September 21, 2019
Amber and Tom, finding their way as freshmen at Princeton, spend a night together that alters the course of their lives. They agree on the drinking, they agree on the attraction, but consent is foggy, and if unspoken, can it be called consent? An Arizona premier by Anna Ziegler.
Read MorePresented by Childsplay Theatre
Stage West
September 8, 2019 – October 13, 2019
Based on Newbery-winner Kate DiCamillo’s beloved book, Childsplay presents this breathtaking story of finding friendship, finding yourself, and eventually finding your way home.
Read MoreProduced by Melonball Music
Kax Stage
September 16, 2019 – September 26, 2019
What happens when two extra-terrestrials, searching for vacation adventure, happen upon two hippies who are just… searching. Music ensues.
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Opera
Center Stage
September 27, 2019 – September 29, 2019
An affair with a client’s wife, complicated relationships, murders and a devastating fire at Taliesin drove Wright’s passion and determination to rebuild his life in this compelling and surprising tale.
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Theatre Company
Center Stage
October 3, 2019 – October 20, 2019
Set in 1910, deep in the midst of Jim Crow, it explores one man’s struggle while reflecting a much broader one. It is also a play about a brother and his sister – his sister, who as he climbs for glory and respect, remains his greatest adversary and strongest motivation.
Read MoreProduced by Center Dance Ensemble
Stage West
October 17, 2019 – October 20, 2019
Center Dance Ensemble honors the artistry of its late artistic director through a retrospective of her past works, including “Dance of the Spiderwomen” and featuring the award-winning “Inside the Silence,” based on the paintings of holocaust victim Charlotte Salomon, as well as works by Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt and a guest performance by Nicole Olson.
Read MorePRODUCED BY Center Dance Ensemble
Stage West
October 17, 2019 – October 18, 2019
An abridged version of Center Dance Ensemble’s A Haunting We Will Go. Center Dance Ensemble honors the artistry of its late artistic director through a retrospective of her past works, including “Dance of the Spiderwomen” and featuring the award-winning “Inside the Silence,” based on the paintings of holocaust victim Charlotte Salomon, as well as works by Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt and a guest performance by Nicole Olson.
Read MoreProduced by iTheatre Collaborative
Kax Stage
October 18, 2019 – November 2, 2019
A woman more than 90 years old, simply called ‘A,’ reflects on her life; shame, pleasure, regret, and satisfaction. But most of all, the estrangement of her gay son. The Pulitzer-prize winning play by Edward Albee comes to the iTheatre stage.
Read MorePresented by Herberger Theater
Center Stage
October 25, 2019
A celebration to honor Billie Jo and Judd Herberger, an integral part and heart of the Valley arts community. Evening includes cocktail reception, dinner on stage, entertainment by We3, video presentation and induction ceremony.
Read MorePresented by Herberger Theater Center
Indoors and Out
October 26, 2019
Celebrate the arts in our community with a free event featuring performances, dance, food, live music, children’s activities, pet adoptions and more!
Read MoreProduced by Pandanda Players
Kax Stage
October 28, 2019 – November 7, 2019
Some of the most memorable and unique characters in Shakespeare’s plays are “One Scene Wonders”- they appear at crucial times, leave strong impressions, then disappear. They offer a great cameo opportunity for actors of Shakespeare’s time & today. Join us as we explore roles such as the Porter, Lady Macduff, and a character that we’re pretty sure originated one of the most famous lines from Game of Thrones.
Read MorePresented by Childsplay Theatre
Stage West
November 1, 2019 – November 24, 2019
When a family of ratoncitos, or little mice, moves in next door, Chato invites them over for dinner. What they don’t know is that they are on the menu! But things don’t go quite as planned for Chato. The mice bring a surprise guest of their own who may be more than this cool cat can swallow.
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Opera
Center Stage
November 8, 2019 – November 10, 2019
In Fellow Travelers, a chance encounter between an ambitious college graduate, Timothy Laughlin, and a handsome US State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, results in Laughlin’s first job— and his first love affair. Drawn into a maelstrom of passion and deceit, he struggles to reconcile his political convictions and his “forbidden” love for Fuller.
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Theatre Company
Center Stage
November 14, 2019 – December 1, 2019
Based on the true story of the 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, astonishing discoveries await in this exquisite blend of science, history, family ties, and fragile love. A passionate young woman must map her own passage through a society determined to keep a woman in her place.
Read MorePresented by Arizona School for the Arts
The Kax Stage
November 14, 2019 – November 17, 2019
Hay Fever is one of Noel Coward’s most durable comedies, continuing to delight audiences with its astute observations on family relationships and rivalries.
Read MoreProduced by Laurie Fagen & Friends
Kax Stage
December 2, 2019 – December 19, 2019
Trilby the Musicologist brings new music each decade to the North Pole for Santa’s elves to enjoy while they make toys for children. Includes traditional, popular, ethnic and new holiday tunes from mid-1800s through present day.
Read MorePresented by Childsplay Theatre
Center Stage
December 7, 2019 – December 29, 2019
Based on the Newbery-honor book, this Cinderella twist follows Ella, a princess who is given the “gift” of obedience at birth by her misguided fairy godmother. As she grows up, Ella must outwit her wicked stepsisters, a hungry ogre, and this troublesome curse to find her own voice and live happily ever after.
Read MoreProduced by Center Dance Ensemble
Stage West
December 7, 2019 – December 22, 2019
Delight in the mystical world of sprites, gypsies and ice maidens, while young Gerda seeks to rescue Kai from the Snow Queen’s Crystal Palace. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s wintery fairy tale of the struggle between good and evil, Center Dance Ensemble brings the wicked Snow Queen to life!
Read MorePRODUCED BY Center Dance Ensemble
Stage West
December 13, 2019
Families will delight in the mystical world of sprites, gypsies and ice maidens, while young Gerda seeks to rescue Kai from the evil crystal palace. A cherished holiday classic and Valley favorite!
Read MoreProduced by LeRoy Associates
Stage West
December 25, 2019 – January 19, 2020
Get ready for an outrageous evening of one-liners, double-entendres, songs, skits, and hysterical routines sure to triple you over with laughter!
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Theatre Company
Center Stage
January 4, 2020 – January 26, 2020
Set in 1930’s Berlin during the Nazi’s regime rise to take over the German government, Cabaret is a big award-winning critique of apathy, and a chilling look at totalitarianism.
Read MoreProduced by Colleen Porter Musicals
Kax Stage
January 6, 2020 – January 16, 2020
Featuring a multi-talented cast, Priority Seat is a new musical comedy where two unlikely stand-by passengers team up to attempt the impossible… arrive to their destination on time.
Colleen Porter offers a shortened version of what will become a full-length musical; one that explores familiar airport antics while finding parallels to the deeper questions of life. Who decides our priority status anyhow?
Produced by iTheatre Collaborative
Kax Stage
January 17, 2020 – February 1, 2020
William Kunstler, the self-described “radical lawyer” who defended the Chicago Seven, makes a case for his often unconventional style in a seminar at a prestigious law school. Assisted by a black, female student who intends to confront him, Kunstler may have met his match. An Arizona premier by Jeffrey Sweet.
Read MorePresented by Childsplay Theatre
Stage West
January 26, 2020 – March 8, 2020
Get ready for a hilarious musical experience as two of Mo Willems’ most delightfully amusing characters come to life on stage in their Very First Play. There are bound to be lots of laughs and silly surprises! But will Gerald and Piggie teach each other something more important before the curtain falls?
Read MoreProduced by Grey Matters Productions
Kax Stage
February 3, 2020 – February 13, 2020
They were self-made men, charismatic giants in their day, living in a time when the power of intellect became the measure of a man. Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln would meet only a few times in life, yet the impression they made on each other was far greater than either of them expected. Theirs was an uncommon friendship neither would live to forget
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Theatre Company
Center Stage
February 13, 2020 – March 1, 2020
“Master Harold”… And The Boys takes place in South Africa during the early years of apartheid. A stunning masterpiece, one of the most powerful coming-of-age plays ever written, and still timely, still compelling, still profoundly moving.
Read MorePresented by Herberger Theater Center & Center Dance Ensemble
Stage West
February 22, 2020
Watch talented youth in Arizona compete in the disciplines of Acting, Dance Musical Theatre Voice and Classical Voice in the 21st annual competition.
Read MorePresented by Arizona School for the Arts
Kax Stage
February 27, 2020 – March 1, 2020
One of literature’s most enduring classics is brought to life in this action-filled play that features the exciting adventures of the boy Mowgli who is raised by caring wolves, befriended by the panther Bagheera and Baloo the bear, and threatened by Shere Kahn, the evil tiger.
Read MoreProduced by Herberger Theater and Arizona Broadway Theatre
Center Stage
March 6, 2020 – March 22, 2020
Jean-Michel wants just one night with his parents playing it “straight” to impress Anne’s parents. What’s a Drag Queen to do? If you’re a fan of Mama Ru and The Birdcage is a favorite, then you’ll love Jerry Herman’s original “Her”story-making Broadway musical – La Cage aux Folles!
Read MoreProduced by 16 Bars
Kax Stage
March 9, 2020 – March 12, 2020
What’s more fun than whipping up a bunch of crazy comic schtick, then folding in pieces of snappy patter, show tunes and a parody or two. Whaddya got? A fanciful, funny, frothy cappuccino buzz. Bet your lunch on it!
Read MoreIn Collaboration with Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services)
Herberger Theater Lobby
March 10, 2020
The Herberger Theater Center will host a community blood drive inside the Center Stage Lobby as an effort with Vitalant to offset blood shortages. Blood donors will be provided with a voucher for one free ticket to Arizona Broadway Theatre’s La Cage aux Folles or Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Herberger Theater.
Read MoreProduced by LeRoy Associates
Stage West
March 12, 2020 – April 12, 2020
My Son The Waiter is Actor/Comedian Brad Zimmerman’s hilarious and inspiring story about the grit and passion required to ‘make it’ as an artist and the sweet rewards that come from never giving up on your dream.
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Theatre Company
Center Stage
April 2, 2020 – April 19, 2020
An Elvis impersonator is pushed to transform into an all-out queen with the help of new friends. With snappy zingers and dance-worthy numbers, this wildly funny and entertaining story will challenge your assumptions with extraordinary humor and depth.
Read MorePresented by Childsplay Theatre
Stage West
April 18, 2020 – May 17, 2020
In a small seaside village where men build boats and women do not, young Suzette knows she is different – she longs for the sea and believes she is meant for something greater than a life on land. So when a mysterious event occurs, Suzette is forced to do that most difficult thing – prove herself worthy of her destiny.
Read MoreProduced by SCAN Originals
Kax Stage
April 27, 2020 – May 14, 2020
From the company that brought you 11 years of musical revues entitled BROADWAY BASED ON … comes the fourth show in their new series: THEMES AND VARIATIONS… In this new revue, you’ll hear some of your favorite songs in an original setting.
Read MorePresented by Yen-Li Ballet School
Center Stage
May 2, 2020
Les Sylphides is composed of a suite of dances in the romantic atmosphere of a moonlit park. The sylphides (magical figures) dance with the “poet” in search of the ideal.
Read MoreProduced by Arizona Theatre Company
Center Stage
May 14, 2020 – May 31, 2020
A riotous comedy about trading in wine glasses for spy glasses when the mid-life crisis just isn’t your speed.
Read MoreProduced by Brad Allen
Kax Stage
May 18, 2020 – May 28, 2020
Brad Allen, has had a splendid life in the performing Arts, working as a professional actor, director, choreographer, voiceover artist, composer/lyricist, and doing children’s theatre. In this one-man show, you’ll hear: what it’s like to direct your first play when the lead actress has verbal dyslexia; how to convince people you can do an authentic Cantonese dialect; and why you should never irritate Carol Channing.
Read MoreProduced by New Carpa Theater Co.
Kax Stage
June 1, 2020 – June 11, 2020
Born near Yuma, Arizona in 1927, civil rights and farm labor activist Cesar Chavez was one the most influential American leaders of the 20th century. In 1965, Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded the United Farm Workers of America, which made history fighting to improve working and living conditions for farm laborers nationwide. Chavez died April 23, 1993, in San Luis, Arizona, not far from his family homestead.
Read MoreProduced by Burns It Up
Kax Stage
June 15, 2020 – June 25, 2020
One Rockette’s hilarious, yet traumatic story of survival, success, brokenness, and how a ridiculous sense of humor magically saved her life. Again…and again. Through storytelling, music, and a few pas de bourree’s Karen Burns invites us into her life. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be glad it wasn’t you.
Read MoreProduced by Herberger Theater and Arizona Broadway Theatre
Center Stage
July 10, 2020 – July 26, 2020
Made famous on stage and screen by Donnie Osmond, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat sizzles with energy, humor, and excitement with the retelling of the Biblical story rife with prophecy, jealousy, famine, forgiveness, and reconciliation. This summer, wrap your entire family in this glorious coat of many colors as Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice’s vibrant family favorite comes to the HTC stage!
Read MoreProduced by Theatre360
Kax Stage
July 13, 2020 – July 23, 2020
On the eve of a celebrity red carpet event, showcasing the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, pop culture journalists such as Extra!, Entertainment Tonight, and TMZ discover that the event itself is not accessible.
Read MoreProduced by Act Two Productions
Kax Stage
July 27, 2020 – August 13, 2020
For over 40 years, T.A. Burrows has used his vocal talents to delight audiences with the voices of legendary singers. Now, hear T.A. as you’ve never seen him before, singing in his own voice in a new production entitled, “IN CONCERT.” In this show, T.A. performs some of his favorite pop hits and standards. Between the tunes, he shares hilarious anecdotes reflecting his amazing career as a professional entertainer.
Read MoreProduced by SM Radio Productions
Center Stage
August 1, 2020
Political stand-up comedy and SM Happy Hour podcast recording.
Read MoreHerberger Theater Center
222 East Monroe Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
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